Head in the Sand

I watch daily as families put their head in the sand and take a long journey down a river in Egypt called denial. Meanwhile addicts in their active addiction are on the same trip. Neither party is aware that they are lost in a sea of despair and death. Neither side has any idea what the other is going through. The family, wife, significant other wants the addicted back in their life. At times they are so afraid of not having them in their life they will allow the insane behavior of the addict to continue in the bad faith illusion of 'still being together' which in reality only reinforces their continued use. 


Addicts play on this dynamic, out of the lie, to continue using. Stopping appears as a non-option for them. The hope for the family is they will get their heads out of denial, set a boundary and no longer support the addict in their insanity. The addict will do one of four things, they will get arrested, go to a mental institution, die or get clean. There is no in-between.


If we continue to cosign the insanity of addiction then all we will get back is insanity. We are all responsible for our choices. We can chose to live or chose to die.